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Dark Dreams: A Legendary FBI Profiler Examines Homicide and the Criminal Mind
Roy Hazelwood
3.81 AVERAGE
32 reviews for:
Dark Dreams: A Legendary FBI Profiler Examines Homicide and the Criminal Mind
Roy Hazelwood
3.81 AVERAGE
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Gun violence, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail
The narcissist demands constant admiration. He does not hesitate to take advantage of others to achieve his goals, and he is indifferent to their feelings and needs. Essentially, he believes that he is the only one whose satisfaction counts in this world. Everyone else is just a prop in his background scenery.
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Incest, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Abortion, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Classism
Given the year the book was published (2002) and the fact that Mr. Hazelwood passed away in 2016, some of his observations about ‘our modern times’ and the influence they have in terms of aberrant behavior should be read in context of the early 2000’s. Early on in the book he describes there are too many variables in both nature and nurture to truly ever predict why someone might develop violent tendencies and sexual deviancies. Yet in his epilogue he predicts that the stretching of our societal moral boundaries (pornography, body piercings, the internet, the ease of air travel aiding in avoiding detection) will increase the prevalence of these types of criminals and crimes. It felt contradictory to his earlier points and I found myself disagreeing with some of his more conservative viewpoints.
Nevertheless, the man was an obvious expert in his field and while some of the information might now feel “common knowledge” in the age of Ted Bundy Netflix documentaries, many of it goes further in depth than any piece of true crime media I’ve consumed thus far.
I found this book after reading American Predator by Maureen Callahan, which mentioned the modern serial killer Israel Keyes being greatly influenced by the work of Roy Hazelwood. Ironically, despite Hazelwood warning that society will inspire many a deviant, he has in turn inspired one himself. In describing the worst pieces of humanity, Keyes found himself relating to much of the material discussed in this very book. The idea that someone could walk away from this book feeling inspired is chilling — but perhaps proves the fact that anything can be inspirational to an unhinged mind like Keyes.
3.5/5 stars rounded down to 3.